Sodexo retains contracts with two leading independent schools in Scotland
Independents by Sodexo has secured contract extensions with two prestigious Scottish-based schools, Edinburgh Academy and Strathallan School, retaining catering, hospitality and cleaning services.
Following a formal tender process Sodexo has retained its thirty-year partnership with Edinburgh Academy for an additional five years, delivering catering and cleaning services for the 1,200 students at nursery, junior and senior schools. Cleaning will cover the entire school facilities, including the gym, classrooms, dining rooms and corridors.
Sodexo has also retained its catering contract with Strathallan School, a co-ed boarding and day school for more than 550 pupils aged 5 to 18, located in Perth, for a further seven years.
Future plans for both contracts include the renovation of the schools’ respective dining areas, in an effort to continuously improve students’ experience and modernise the dining rooms.
The dining room at Edinburgh Academy Junior school has been transformed and named ‘The Arboretum’, ready for the start of the new academic year with the refurbishment of the senior school dining room planned for later in the year.
Independents by Sodexo will introduce its new exciting food offer providing healthy, delicious, sustainable meal options which have been specifically designed by Sodexo’s experienced chefs, as a way to enhance shared dining experiences and bring the school community together.
The culinary teams will serve tasty dishes from our new destination counters: Market Fresh, Kitchen Favourites and World Tour.
Our World Tour counter will focus on regional cuisines where students can build their own dishes such as a grilled Moroccan spiced pollock, chickpea harissa tahini with chargrilled vegetables inspired by North African flavours In addition to featuring local, seasonal and sustainable ingredients throughout menus, The Kitchen Favourites counter includes the perfect roast dinner whether a Red Tractor Pork loin or a delicious Butternut Wellington with all the trimmings and mouth-watering classics such as locally produced sausages with red onion gravy and creamy potato and winter root mash as well as hand made super grain burgers loaded with mature cheddar cheese and caramelised onions.
To continue raising awareness around food and cooking, Sodexo will continue to provide students with nutritional know-how from its skilled chefs, through its ‘Chefs in the Classroom’ programme, linking health and wellbeing to the school curriculum.
"We’re thrilled to continue our long-standing partnership further with Edinburgh Academy and Strathallan School and to continue to support both schools in providing nutritious healthy experiences.
With the students back to school this month, the local teams are really looking forward in showcasing the new offers, initiatives, and working with the schools on transforming their dining spaces."
Independents by Sodexo is Sodexo’s dedicated team to support some of the most reputable institutions across the country, providing catering, hospitality, cleaning and facilities management services that truly make a difference for students, teaching staff and the wider school community.
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